100 PLANT-BUGS INJURIOUS TO COTTON BOLLS. 



cotton worth many times the outlay. It is not urged that all 

 cotton growers begin a systematic search for the presence of bugs 

 in their cotton fields, but there are known to be many whose expe- 

 rience has already shown the extent of the damage chargeable to 

 plant-bugs. For them the investigations here reported should be 

 useful in the determination as to whether or not remedial measures 

 are desirable under their own peculiar conditions. It is hoped that 

 the attention of many others will be directed to this damage where 

 it has previously been unnoticed or, if noticed, misunderstood. By 

 careful attention to the eHmination, as far as practicable, of damage 

 by these and other minor cotton pests, an important advance will be 

 made toward the reestablishment of cotton growing upon the profit- 

 able basis existent before the advent of the cotton boll weevil. 



